A Suitable Job by Alaknanda Bagchi

Description

In the quiet sun-dappled Kitchen Garden Café, lives intersect – briefly, poignantly, and often at turning points. A collection of twelve stories, at its heart, follows women seeking meaningful lives in the spaces between marriage and profession, duty and desire, silence and conflict, sacrifice and fulfilment. Some are young and searching, others settled but restless, still others living in the twilight of memory. In what appears to be gentle lives, the characters display a fierce strength in their sense of identity, the challenges they overcome and the purpose with which they build their lives. These stories offer glimpses of womanhood at work, and the lifelong pursuit of A Suitable Job.